The Recently Dead List 2011

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Celebrity
Died
Age
Comments
Ronald Searle
30 dec 2011
91
Artist and creater of the St. Trinians stories.
Vaclav Havel
18 dec 2011
75
First president of a free Czechoslovakia after the fall of communism.
Kim Jong il
17 dec 2011
69
Slightly batty leader of North Korea.
Christopher Hitchens
15 dec 2011
62
Writer journalist and essayist.
Harry Morgan
6 dec 2011
96
Actor - played Colonel Potter in the TV series MASH.
Ken Russel
27 nov 2011
84
Film director. Directed the film version of Tommy
Gary Moore
27 nov 2011
42
Footballer and former captain of the Wales international team.
Anne McCaffrey
21 nov 2011
85
Science fiction author.
John Neville
19 nov 2011
86
Actor. Played Baron Munchausen
Mark Hall
18 nov 2011
74
Animator - Half of Cosgrove Hall. Co-creator of Dangermouse
Joe Frazier
7 nov 2011
67
Boxer - world heavyweight boxing champion in the early 70s.
Jimmy Savile
29 oct 2011
84
DJ and presenter of Jim'll Fix It.
Edmundo Ros
21 oct 2011
100
Bandleader who popularised Latin music in the 50s.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
20 oct 2011
69
Former leader of Libya
Betty Driver
15 oct 2011
91
Actress - appeared in Coronation Street
Dennis Richie
12 oct 2011
70
Computer pioneer from the 60s/70s.
Steve Jobs
5 oct 2011
56
Co-founder of the Apple computer company.
Charles Napier
5 oct 2011
75
Actor. Appeared in the film Rambo
David Croft
27 sep 2011
89
Co-writer of TV show Dad's Army
Nick Ashford
22 aug 2011
70
Singer and songwriter. Half of Ashford and Simpson.
Jerry Leiber
22 aug 2011
78
Songwriter. Half of the Leiber-Stoller writing team
Robert Robinson
12 aug 2011
83
Host of Call My Bluff on TV.
Michael Barry
4 aug 2011
69
TV chef and co-founder of the radio station Classic FM
Amy Winehouse
23 jul 2011
27
Singer and celebrity drug addict.
Linda Christian
22 jul 2011
87
Actress - played the first Bond Girl
Lucian Freud
20 jul 2011
88
Painter.
Anna Massey
3 jul 2011
73
Actress. Appeared in the Hitchcock film 'Frenzy'
Peter Falk
23 jun 2011
83
Actor - best known for the TV series Columbo.
Roy Skelton
8 jun 2011
79
Actor - did the voices of Zippy and George on the childrens TV programme Rainbow.
Janet Brown
27 may 2011
87
Actress famous for her imprssion of Margaret Thatcher.
Seve Ballesteros
7 may 2011
54
World champion golfer.
Henry Cooper
1 may 2011
76
Heavyweight Boxer who beat Muhammed Ali in 1963.
John Sullivan
23 apr 2011
64
Wrote the TV show Only Fools and Horses.
Elisabeth Sladen
19 apr 2011
65
Actress - played Sarah Jane Smith in Dr Who and various spin-offs.
Pietro Ferrero
18 apr 2011
47
Head of the chocolate company famous for the 'Ambassadors Party' fancy chocolates
Sidney Lumet
9 apr 2011
86
American film director.
Elizabeth Taylor
23 mar 2011
79
Actress as famous for her marriages as well as her films.
Jet Harris
18 mar 2011
71
Bass guitarist with The Shadows.
Michael Gough
17 mar 2011
94
Actor - played Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in the Batman films.
Nate Dogg
15 mar 2011
41
Rapper.
Jane Russell
28 feb 2011
89
Busty brunette actress from the 40s and 50s.
Gary Moore
6 feb 2011
58
Guitarist with Thin Lizzy.
Brian Jacques
5 feb 2011
71
Author of the Redwall series of childrens books.
John Barry
30 jan 2011
77
Composer of Bond film themes.
Susannah York
15 jan 2011
72
Actress. Appeared in the films A Man For All Seasons and They Shoot Horses Don't They
Nat Lofthouse
15 jan 2011
85
One of the top England footballers of all time.
Gerry Rafferty
4 jan 2011
63
Singer - wrote and recorded Baker Street.
Pete Postlethwaite
2 jan 2011
64
Actor. Appeared in Brassed Off and The Usual Suspects.

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